San Francisco – – A’ja Wilson scored 27 points, Jackie Young and Jewell Loyd each added 14 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Golden State Valkyries 78-72 Wednesday evening.
Las Vegas (16-14) finished the third quarter on a race of 13-4 for an advance of 64-54, then was aimed at the fourth until the brand of 6:05 am while Golden State got closer to 66-63. A 5-0 executed by the Aces, highlighted by a 3 points by Loyd, made 74-65 with 2:47 on the left.
Wilson sealed her with two free throws with 34.9 seconds to play.
Wilson finished 8 out of 11 on the field and 11 out of 11 on the free throw line. She also had two blocks in the first quarter to become the 10th player in the history of the WNBA with 500.
Tiffany Hayes scored 14 points and Janelle Salaun added 13 for Golden State (14-15). Carla Leite and Kaila Charles each added 11.
Las Vegas led 43-38 at halftime behind 14 points from Wilson. The aces took the lead for good on the 3 points of Young with 4:49 to do in the third at 51-48.
Dana Evans gave Las Vegas the first two-digit lead in the match at 62-52 with 46 seconds to do in the third.
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